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| Paramount Pictures |
Biopics tend to play it safe. They're afraid to veer too off from presenting the facts by the books and rests on its laurels about whoever the story is based on. Given the freedom to delve into Elton John's colorful and bold life,
Rocketman explore more than thirty years of the iconic musician's life. Combining elements of music and story, director Dexter Fletcher's goes all in, to the point that you wish he reeled it back just a little.
Growing up with his cold father and self-absorbed mother, a young Elton John finds refuge, imagination, and identity in his musical gifts. The lack of love he didn't received as a child, homophobia, and toxic relationships turns into a devastating recipe for substance abuse as he rises in the music industry.
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